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Rob Ash enters his sixth season as head coach at MSU in 2012. We could see right away that we could score points. The program began in 1897 and has won three national championships (1956, 1976, and 1984). The official 2021 Football Roster for the Montana State University Bobcats. After defensive end Mark Fellows decided not to leave the team and Sikora came to an understanding with new defensive line coach Joe Yanowsky that he wasnt a three-point-stance type of lineman, it appeared the Bobcats were ready. Upon the establishment of Division II in 1973, a full playoff system was introduced to determine the national champion. Fittingly, the third-seeded Cats used another comeback two weeks later to top Arkansas State, 31-14, to set up a matchup with Rhode Island. He played for the Calgary Stampeders from 195664, and for five straight years was an All-Western All-Star and twice was an All-Canadian All-Star. American Football Database is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. These additions would increase seating capacity to approximately 24,000. 's 1985 championship team. 1986-87 Montana State Bobcats Men's Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 21-8 (12-2, 1st in Big Sky MBB ) Coach: Stu Starner PS/G: 86.2 (10th of 289) PA/G: 79.5 (262nd of 288) SRS: 3.11 (100th of 290) SOS: -1.81 (172nd of 290) Big Sky Reg Season Champ Montana State (Men's) School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results Still going, hes inbounds and gets another block. 1987 Big Sky Conference football standings, NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1987_Montana_State_Bobcats_football_team&oldid=1128490563, Pages using CFB schedule with rivalry after location, Pages using CFB schedule with nowrap or nbsp opponent, Pages using CFB schedule with unnamed parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant, This page was last edited on 20 December 2022, at 11:28. Download. All three Big Sky Conference championships were taken in the last game of the season with wins over rival Montana. We wouldnt quit on each other.. After a 7-1 record in conference play, the Wildcats were selected for the then-Division I-AA Playoffs and were sent to take on Big Sky rival Idaho in Moscow. Louisiana Tech didnt have a chance, remembered head coach Dave Arnold as he crossed Kagy Avenue on Friday with former players Tom Mahlum and Mike Callaghan. He left with school records for career passing yards (10,746-11th in NCAA Division I-AA history), single-season total offense, and total offense in a career. They are the only college football program in the nation to win national championships on three different levels of competition, NAIA, NCAA Division II, and NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS). He graduated with a 3.91 GPA. ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Rams quarterback Tom Ehrhardt dropped back, looking for the touchdown that would finally put an end to MSUs string of improbable wins and send 12,367 fans home unfulfilled on an unseasonably warm December 1984 day. The 1946 team was special for more than its accomplishments, however. I would have blown a fuse.. Their primary rival is Montana, whom they meet in the annual Brawl of the Wild, more commonly referred to as the Cat-Griz game, to be held for the 112th time in 2012 in Missoula. 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997-2002 Box 2B (FBC540-2B) Alabama (University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa AL) The defense tallied 61 sacks, special teams blocked nine kicks and the offense scored 355 points, more than a 200-point improvement from the dismal showing the previous fall. Find the COLLEGE-FOOTBALL Montana State Bobcats player roster for this season on FOX Sports. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Choose wisely! Montana State linebackers Greg Wilkes (99) and Clete Linebarger (27) pursue Arkansas State's quarterback in a 1-AA quarterfinal in 1984. Go To Coaching Staff. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Sonny Holland and won the Division II national championship. In its fourth season under head coach Tony Storti, the team compiled a 9-0-1, won the RMC championship, tied with Saint Joseph's (IN) in the Aluminum Bowl, and was recognized as the national champion in NAIA. The guard and center was awarded All-Western All-Star and All-Canadian All-Star honors for seven years, 1975-81. Kostrba ran for 100 yards in both playoff games and Don Ueland ran for 94 in the championship game. Montana State's RaeQuan Battle and Great Osobor post-Brawl of the Wild. Dave Arslanian was the offensive coordinator with Mike Zimmer, the current head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, as the defensive coordinator. Bill Lamberty. Kollar became one of just four Big Sky Conference players ever selected as an NFL first round draft choice when he was taken by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1974. The first championship came in Montana State's last season in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, which moved to NAIA in 1952. The national championship was the first ever for the RMAC and was also the first time the NAIA had a football champion. In 83 wed get behind and that was pretty much it, remembered Mark Fellows. He received the 2011 FCS Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award that same month. By then the PCC included Stanford, California, UCLA, USC, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State, and Idaho. Fellows and Bradley were named the leagues defensive and offensive MVPs. No. Class Hometown State High School; 24: Abrams, Bobby: DB: 1987: v: 6-4: 200: Jr. Detroit: MI: Henry Ford: 7: AfAm, Huemartin: WR . Its like people who have drinking problems they have to hit bottom before they make a change, Sikora said Friday. Composed of war-hardened veterans, Clyde Carpenter and the Bobcats rolled up a 5-3-1 regular season record, impressive enough to land the team its first-ever bowl bid. Al Wilson was elected to the CFL Hall of Fame on September 20, 1997, following a long career as an offensive lineman with the British Columbia Lions. Theyll get on each others ass, theyll call each other their old nicknames. Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. In 1946, however, things began to change. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, March 3, 6:02AM. He was a fierce competitor. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Football History Montana State University Athletics . Athletics Diversity & Inclusion Committee, TicketSmarter - Ticket Resale Marketplace. He has been an NFL defensive line coach since 1990 and currently coaches in that capacity for the Houston Texans. You have permission to edit this article. MSU ended the drought by winning three of four, while UM holds a 6-4 edge after "The Streak" with Montana winning the most recent game 36-10 in Bozeman. Weve been down 14-0 before this season certainly we werent excited about the way we were down but we didnt panic. Fletcher, Ken Amato of the Tennessee Titans and Mike Person of the San Francisco 49ers. Do you have a blog? Although it would be seven more seasons until Montana State would again win more than it lost, that season helped chart the course into what would become an unbelievably successful period in Montana State's football history as the Bobcats would take 22 of the next 30 games from 1956 to 1985 from the Grizzlies and would win all three of their national championships during that same span. Bignell broke one tackle, then barreled through a defender at the 4 and dove across the goal line. In their first season under head coach Earle Solomonson, the Bobcats compiled a 110 record (08 against Big Sky opponents) and finished last in the Big Sky.[1]. The Bobcats won 31-14. Staff Roster Football Coaching Staff Head Football Coach Jerome Souers Full Bio Associate Head Football Coach/Defensive Coordinator Joe O'Brien Full Bio Offensive Coordinator Steve Broussard Full Bio Offensive Run Game Coordinator Timothy Davis Full Bio Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers Coach Brian Smith Full Bio You could see that we were going to be pretty good.. Stat Crew Roster (FRO) Roster Layout: Choose A Season: Sort By: Twitter Football: Instagram Football: Schedule Football: Roster Football: News Tennis Tennis: Facebook Tennis: . Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. You have permission to edit this article. "Erickson killed us," UM head coach Jack Swarthout said. 2023 Conference USA college football preview, part 1. MSU, fresh off a 1-10 season in 1983 marred by injuries and infighting the offense and defense rode on separate buses and hardly interacted was predicted to finish at the bottom of the conference. Brody Grebe - Football - Montana State University Athletics 2022 Football Roster 10 Brody Grebe Position Defensive End Height 6-2 Weight 250 Class Sophomore Hometown Melstone, MT Highschool Melstone/Roundup Bio Stats Historical Biography The Bobcats are the reigning Big Sky Conference champions. All rights reserved. Montana High School State Champs, 1900-2013. MSU is one of just two Big Sky Conference schools, along with Boise State, to win a Camellia Bowl game. The 'Cats were 1-10 in that stretch against Montana, and were shut out for eight consecutive years. The Bobcats remained in the RMAC through 1956, while the Grizzlies continued in the PCC through 1949 and joined the Skyline (aka Mountain States) Conference, which also competed in the NCAA University (large) Division, from 1951-1961. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. He is just eight wins away from the school record of 47 wins held by Sonny Holland (19711977). Rhode Island was lined up 13 yards shy of the end zone and leading Montana State 20-18 with a little more than four minutes remaining in the 1-AA semifinals. Missoula Sentinel grad, ex-Montana Griz commit Zac Crews trying to walk on at Montana State, Montana State's Jaharie Martin to enter transfer portal. Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. There was a problem saving your notification. The most recent is Dane Fletcher, who was a linebacker for the New England Patriots, in Super Bowl XLVI. Both schools entered the Big Sky Conference as charter members in 1963 with Montana holding a 42-15-2 series lead. We won't share it with anyone else. The Bobcats finished the 1964 season at 7-4. Bobcat Stadium renovated the south end zone in 2011, which added 5,277 more seats giving the stadium an official seating capacity of 17,777 up from 12,500 previously. The 2011 Cat-Griz game set a stadium record with an attendance of 20,237. 8/4/2021 2:35:00 PM Go To Coaching Staff. The 1988 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. When MSU joined the RMAC it included Colorado, Colorado State, Utah, Utah State, and Brigham Young. Report scores and stats and send game photos to the Chronicle sports staff. It was located directly south of the Romney Gym, across Grant Street and northeast of the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, which opened in 1957. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. MSU played its 1972 season at Bozeman High School's Van Winkle Stadium. The series has three distinct periods. Eight years later, the Bobcats defeated Louisiana Tech 19-6 in the 1984 Division I-AA title game in Charleston, South Carolina, for their third national championship. Introductory offer for new subscribers only. After coming to MSU from Norway on a ski jumping scholarship, Stenerud starred on the varsity team with a then-NCAA record 59-yard field goal against rival Montana and 82 points scored as a senior in 1965. The season ended with an upset loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional round of the playoffs. Do you have a blog? Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. MSU currently has plans to renovate the east grandstand to include matching sky suites of the west grandstand and erect seating in the north end zone.